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"Why isn't Wikipedia accepting my conspiracy theories as facts? IT MUST BE LIBERAL BIAS" Now take that quote and expand it into a long-form article where you g
by Werewolf255 6y ago
"Why isn't Wikipedia accepting my conspiracy theories as facts? IT MUST BE LIBERAL BIAS"
Now take that quote and expand it into a long-form article where you get asked for money at the end, and I've saved you ten minutes of your life.
- foobar_ 6y agoProblem is many conspiracy theories were later on validated as facts. Take big pharma for example. They have paid scientists to lie repeatedly. Every nation is also biased against others. The big problem we now have is ... all journalism has a bias. How can you cite or link any article which doesn't have bias. What is foolish is assuming that conservatives don't conspire to create biased news and only liberals do that.
- sippeangelo 6y agoHow is the literal difference between conspiracy theory and fact the problem here?
- Olreich 6y agoNormalization and legitimization of opinions as facts when facts don’t suit those opinions. Lots of little cogs in the machine that made that change. But it’s easier to hold an opinion that is factually wrong nowadays. Now that it’s normal for 30% of the world believing whatever they want and finding their tribe to support them, it’s hard to convince everyone that facts are even valuable, let alone more valuable than those incorrect opinions.